Seal-lock for railroad-cars



(No Model.)

P. HIEN.

SEAL LOGKFOR RAILROAD GARS.

ted Aug. 18

PATENT trice.

PHILLIP HIEN, OF ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS.

sEAL-LooK FOR RAILRoAoncARs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,691, dated August 18,1885.

Application filed March 13, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILLIP HIEN, of Rock Island, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois, have invented certain Improvements in Seal- Locks for Railroad Gars, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a seal-lock which shall be at once simple, cheap, and durable, and which shall remain :in an operative condition notwithstanding the severe strains to which it will be subjected and the changing position oi' the parts upon the car.

rIo this end it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my lock as it appears when applied to secure a car-door. Fig. 2 is asimilarviewshowing the parts unlocked. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section on the line a: m of the preceding figures. Fig. 4 isa cross section on the line y y of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, Arepresents the body of the car, B, the door arranged to slide horizontally in the usual manner; C, a hasp secured to the door and provided at its free end with a lip or shoulder, c; D, the case of the lock secured to the body of the car, and provided in its front face with a transverse groove or depression to receive the end of thc hasp C, which is laid therein with its lip or `vshoulder ce engaging over the outside ofthe lock-case; and E, a latch hinged at its upper end to the loclecase, and arranged to close in a downward direction over the end of thehasp C, for the purpose of holding the same in engagement.

For the purpose of locking or securing the latch I mount within the lock-case a vertical gravitating bolt, F, the lower end of which is adapted to enter ahole in the upper surface of a tang or lip, c, which is formed on the lower end ofthe latch,and which on the latch being closed passes beneath thelower end of the case, as shown in Fig. 3. The latch in closing acts to lift the bolt, which engages therein in the manner represented in Fig. 3.

In order to prevent thebolt from being improperly released, the lock-ease is provided im mediately in front of the bolt with an opening adapted to receive aglass or other appropriate seal or covering, I, which is confined in posi- (No model.)

tion by means of the latch closing over and around its upper edge. The edges ofthe opening are shouldered or rabbeted, as shown at e', to form a seat or bearing for the edges of the seal. The latch is provided, as shown, with an opening through which the glass is exposed, in order that it maybe broken when desirefhand through which access may be had to the bolt in order to lift the same for the purpose of releasing the latch when the door is to be opened.

It will be seen that the seal is confined in such manner that access to the bolt is impossible unless the seal be first destroyed.

In order that the fragments of the seal may readily escape from the interior of the lockcase, so that the operation of the bolt may not be prevented thereby, I provide the case at its bottom with an opening, d, for the passage of the fragments. Theinterior of the case is inclined backward and downward toward this opening to facilitate the discharge of the fragments. Vhen thelatch is closed, its lower end covers and closes the opening d, in the manner represented in Fig. 3thus preventing access to the interior of the lock-case at improper times.

As an additional means of securing the parts in a locked position, I provide the lock-case D with a perforated ear, f, adapted to extend outward through a slot, g, in the latch, and to receive a padlock or equivalent fastening device. This provision admits of the lock being secured by means of the sealed bolt or of the padlock, or of both, as occasion may require.

It will be perceived that the lock construct ed on my plan is of exceeding simplicity, and that the construction admits of the hasp being brought to its place and secured, notwithstanding the springing, shifting, or twisting of the parts which commonly occurs in railroad-cars, and which frequently prevents the parts from being brought with certainty to the accurate position demanded by other locks.

Having thus described my invcntion,wliat I claim is-v 1. The lock-case provided with the hinged latch, the gravitating bolt, and the seal-receiving cavity, in combination with the liasp provided with the lip or shoulder.

2. In a seal-lock for railroadcars, the lockcase provided with thc transverse recess in its face, in combination with the swinging hasp 3. In a seal-lock for cars, the lock-ease having the internal chamber Withl a seal-receiving seatA at the front, and a seal-dischargihg hole, d, at the bottom, in combination with the gravitating bolt in said chamber, and the latch E, provided with the lip c, adapted to extend beneathsaid lock-casevforthe double purpose of en,` g

gaging the bolt and closing the holed, as described and shown.

4. In a seal-lock for cars, the lock-case provided With the vertical gravitatingf bolt, the hasp-receiving-and the seali-receivingrecesses, in combinationwiththehingedlatch overlyy ingr thesaid recessesandadapted: to interlock with thelower end of' the bolt, as described and shown.

5. The lock-case provided With the seal-receiving cavity, the external recess to admit the hasp C, andthe perforated earf,4 in combination with the internal gravitating'bolt and the hinged latch E, having the lip c-to engage the bolt, and thcslot g to-receive the ear, whereby 'the device is adapted to be secured byasealed bolt and a padlock, or either one, at will.'

Intestimony whereof. I hereunto set my hand thisvth day, of March, 1885, in the presence of two attesting Witnesses. PHILLIP HIEN.

Witnesses:

SIDNEY 1?; HoLEIfNGsWoR'rH; .Toi-LN ARMs. 

